04 ContractsPublic buyers
How the work moves
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I run a government contracting company that bids on public work as a small business. The system behind it reads every new public notice each day, keeps the ones that fit what we deliver, and moves each bid across one board from the first read to the signed submission. AI does the reading and the first drafts; people write the strategy, set the price and sign.
AI reads and drafts. People decide what to bid on, set the price and sign every submission, and every deadline sits on one board so none slips by.
Bid agentBids
Reads each day's new public notices and keeps the ones that match what we do and can deliver.
Company brainCompany brain
Pulls the matching capability statement, past answers and pricing notes from our own files.
Bid boardAI agents
Puts every keeper on one board with its questions date, its due date and one owner.
Drafting agentAI agents
Writes the first pass of each answer, fills the forms and builds the compliance matrix.
A personYour yes
Writes the strategy and the price, checks every line, then signs the submission.
Brief agentMorning brief
Sends the week's deadlines and anything waiting on a teaming partner.
Government contracting help for small businesses: registered in SAM.gov, positioned with the codes that fit and a one-page capability statement, and teamed with a prime, with your share of the work in writing. It is for owners selling to public buyers for the first time, and for primes that need small specialists with real capacity.
A set-aside is a government contract reserved for small businesses, or for a smaller group of them that meets a program's rules. Only businesses that qualify can bid on it, so the field is smaller than on an open bid.
Registered right: SAM.gov, your entity ID (UEI) and the industry codes (NAICS) that fit, a size check, your state portals. Registration is free, and we say so up front.
A one-page capability statement a contracting officer will read.
The right notices early: forecasts, sources-sought notices and set-asides that fit your codes.
Teamed with a prime, with your share of the work in writing.
For primes: small specialists with real capacity for your subcontracting plan. NDA before scope.
Bids priced clean, written tight, in on time.
Our share, delivered: AI and web systems today, and staff phishing drills once that line is live.
01Look
A straight read. Tell me what you sell and where. We'll tell you straight if government is worth it for you.
02Build
Registered and positioned: SAM.gov, UEI, NAICS, capability statement, state portals.
03Run
Find, team, bid: notices that fit, a prime with your share in writing, a bid in on time.
Yes. Registering in SAM.gov costs nothing, and we say so up front. The first government contract guide walks through it step by step.
Registered right, the codes that fit, a one-page capability statement, then the notices that fit those codes. A first contract can also come as a subcontractor, teamed with a prime, with your share of the work in writing.
A buyer asking who can do the work before it writes the bid. Answering one can shape what gets set aside for small businesses.
Not always. Tell me what you sell and where, and we'll tell you straight if government is worth it for you.
Yes. For primes: small specialists with real capacity for your subcontracting plan. NDA before scope.
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Register in SAM.gov for free, pick NAICS codes, find bids, approach primes and answer your first RFQ. A step-by-step guide for small business owners.
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05 Connections
I connect the right people, each introduction with a reason to talk.
01 Systems
I build agentic systems: AI agents that answer, quote, book, chase and collect, with your yes on every step.
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